CHONG, Arthur Robert Henry

CHONG,  Arthur  Robert  Henry

Full Name: Arthur Robert Henry

CHONG

Date of Birth: 05

1883

Place of birth: Rushworth VIC

Australia

Occupation: Farmer

Address: Kenwick WA

Next of Kin: Mother- Emily Branson Chong

Next of Kin Address: Rushworth VIC

Religion: Church of England

Service Number: 8289

Rank: Sapper

Unit/Division: Tunnelling Company

Enlistment Date: 1917-04-30

Enlistment Location: Perth

WA

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Embarkation Date: 1917-11-26

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Disembarkation Date: 1918-02-02

Locations Served:

Returned: Yes

Discharge Date: 1919-07-17

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30/04/1917- Completed Medical Examination Perth WA
7/05/1917- To 16th Battalion 26th Reinforcements as Private
16/06/1917- To 2nd Pioneers 12th Reinforcements
14/09/1917- Admitted Langwarrin Quarantine Depot VIC ( Sick )
22/011/1917- To Tunnellers Company Seymour VIC as Sapper
27/12/1917- Disembarked Port Said Egypt ex Australia
24/01/1918- Disembarked Taranto Italy ex Egypt
31/01/1918- Detrained Cherbourg France ex Italy
2/02/1918- Disembarked Southampton England
2/02/1918- To Tunnelling Company Details No. 3 Camp Parkhouse England
18/04/1918- To AIF Depot Headquarters Tidworth England ex Parkhouse
5/08/1918- To Tunnelling Company Details No. 2 Command Depot Weymouth England ex Tidworth
8/10/1918- To 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital Bulford England ( Sick )
21/11/1918- Attached 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital Bulford England for Duty
23/06/1919- Detached from Duty Bulford to AIF Headquarters London
17/07/1919- Discharged in England ( Medically Unfit )

 

Service Medal Awarded

British War Medal – No. 3087

 

Memorial Inscription

Yarloop War Memorial, WA.

 

***** Sincere thanks to Anne  HAYLOCK for her additional Research to prove the Soldier’s South West connection with listing in the 1910 Electoral Roll as a Hewer at Worsley.*****